The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
now to Ronrh All Portions of tho
National tapitnl,


Fare for each person on all lines, conti.
Tickets ARE gold by driver or conductor OF
all ears. q for % cents. good on any lino.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad starts
nt Georgetown, corner ut High street. down
Bridge street, across Rock Crcok, east along
fcnnsylvania avenue, passing circlo con
tanning Mills statue Of Washington; Cor
cOfun Gallery, Stat., Warnnd Navy depart
mcnts; Presidents House, Lafayette square,
containing Mills equestrian statue OF An
drew jackson; Department of Justice thnlt'
Ing at Fiitt cnth street, where transfers afo
given TO fourteenth street Brnnoh) Fifteenth
street. past Riggs House and Treasury De
pnrtmcnt; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Wilardsand other hotels, and through
the principal business portion OF the city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market twherc transfers are givcn To the
Seventh street Branch, going north toward
boundary street or south TO Potomac ltlyer),
past Botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
lhero transfers are given to branch running
10 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as
cending south side Of Capitol lIill, contin'
uing along u street south TO PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy-Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourtconth.street Branch - starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, ont
Fourteenth street 10 boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas Statue. Re
turning, same route. Transfers given to and
from main or Avenue limo. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, . cents additional.
sevonthstrest Branch-stnrts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount vernon
Square, Patent and Postollices, odd.Fel-
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
AT Centre Market and City POstohice (wherc
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
linel, continuing across the Mall, past the
| Smithsonian Institution and National hu-
| scum, TO the whnrves Of the Mount Vernon,
| Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
| ferry. Returning, same route.
Mctroponian Rquway-l Leaving, Georeetoown'
| where IL makes u circuit of West, High,
| Fayctte, Second, Dumblrton and Mont
gomcry streets, passing near Georgctown
| College, Academy of the Visitation, High
| Service Reservoir, aud oak llill Cemetery,
| over Rock Creek to l. street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pnla'
tal residences Of the West End including
that Of the British minister; along seven
tCCnth street west to ii street north. Four.
tconth street To +, passing Wlllnrd's and the
Ebhitt House, crossing Ninth street twhcro
Brnnch), past the Patent aud Post Onlcos,
| to Firth street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, city Hail. and Lincoln
MunumCnt Indiana avenue to G street, by
| the Baltimore md ohio depot To Delaware
| avenue to II street north, TO First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin
coin Park. Returning, same route goini
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
p street instead of Indiana avenue,
Cars also leave the west front of tho State
| WaFand Navy Depart ments ut convenient
Intervals, connecting with above line al
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Brancli-Starts Mt northern ter
minus of seventh street west (where II con
meets with Silver Springs Branchl, divorglnl
to Ninth street, thence. south, passinl
| Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple
Patent and Postoiiccs at T. street (whcr,
transfers are given to main line east o
west, thence TO B street, passing Centr'
Market and baltimore and Potomac Depot
Sixth street to Missouri avenue, to Four
and.a.half street, thence to the Arsena
gate and steamboat wharvcs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-starts from northern
terminus OF Nlnth-strect Branch, following
| Seventh street road, past Howard Unlver
| sity and Sohuet2en Park, to entrance d
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning
| same route.
Columbia Railway-starts at Fifteenth street
west southeast of Treasury Department
along New York avenue to Its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
| street; thence on Massachusetts avenue Il
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Office to Boundary. and beginning o
Baltimore turnpike and Bcnning's Brldg'
road. Returning. same route.
North Capitol and o Street Tor BelD Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.Nhalf street, thence east to First west
north TO q street, west to Fourth street
north to p street, west TO Eleventh street
| south to + street.north, west to Fourteenth
street, south to Ohio Avenue. east Il
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
| ana east 10 starting pOlnL ltcturhlhs, sdiii'
route, except passing east over . instead o
| street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac rive
steamboat wharves. Bureau of Engraving
] and Printing, Washington Monument AM
Eleventh and Boundary.
Anacostia misunderstanding from foot Q
Seventh street, along NJ street south
past navy.yard gate. TO Twelfth street east
and over the Anacostia Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for th
Insane. Returning, same route Transfer
{. and from Avenue Line or Sevcnth'strce
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road. cents.
Herdc coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue TO Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
cents: six tickets for % cents. Horse-ca
tickets are also received as fare.
Hcrdic cabs are run 10 any part Of the cit!
Fare, % cents, within | mile; IS cents pc
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour t0
more than one Stands, East Capitol trol
and Pennsylvania avenue and seyent
street northwest.
The Parks.